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A town of 1,217 in Oise, Hauts-de-France.
Silly-le-Long has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Silly-le-Long does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Silly-le-Long with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
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Silly-le-Long has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 2001.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Silly-le-Long.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 72 deaths in Silly-le-Long from 2016 to 2025; there were 52, 27% fewer. At birth, a girl in Oise can expect 84.5 years and a boy 79.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. The nearest emergency department to Silly-le-Long is Centre hospitalier de Meaux site Saint Faron, 10.5 mi away.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 2.3 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 5.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Guillaume CaleNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 177 | 94%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,958/m²: 34 houses and apartments sold in Silly-le-Long between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 65% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 34 homes were sold here.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town, lower than Oise’s towns (11%) and near compared French towns (11%). The under-15s are 20% of the population here. Residents of Silly-le-Long have a median age of 40.6.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Silly-le-Long | Oise median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Oise median and France median: the median of compared communes
Walking, cycling and public transport carried just over one in ten commuters at the census. Silly-le-Long holds 100 jobs; 600 of its residents are in work, so 0.2 jobs each. Half of residents lived on more than €30,680 a year per consumption unit, above both Oise’s towns (€25,745) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Silly-le-Long has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). 12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Silly-le-Long has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Silly-le-Long yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silly-le-Long | 1,217 | — | — | C− | — | A |
| Le Plessis-Belleville | 4,009 | 1.5 | C+ | D | C+ | C+ |
| Saint-Pathus Seine-et-Marne | 6,479 | 2.1 | B− | C− | A− | C− |
| Nanteuil-le-Haudouin | 4,258 | 2.5 | B− | C− | B− | D− |
| Saint-Soupplets Seine-et-Marne | 3,542 | 4.7 | B− | D | B− | C |
| Othis Seine-et-Marne | 6,717 | 5.8 | D | D− | B | C− |
| Dammartin-en-Goële Seine-et-Marne | 11,907 | 5.8 | D | D− | C | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Silly-le-Long has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 85% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,958/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Silly-le-Long grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France
Silly-le-Long is a commune of 1,217 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Valois. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.